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December 24 2020

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Captain America #1

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Captain America #1
 
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1st appearance of Rikki Barnes, the 'Heroes Reborn' alternate reality version of Bucky, later becomes Nomad

Character previewed in an ashcan and SDCC convention preview (July 1996)

Nomad: Girl Without a World #1

Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Nomad: Girl Without a World #1
 
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Premiere issue of a four issue series

Rikki Barnes, formerly Bucky, discovers the Nomad costume in the last panel of this issue and wears it in issue #2

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,054

Mighty Avengers #13

Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Mighty Avengers #13
 
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1st team appearance of the Secret Warriors: Nick Fury, Phobos, Slingshot, Quake, Stonewall, Hellfire and Druid

1st appearance of Stonewall, son of the Absorbing Man

1st appearance of Druid, son of Doctor Druid

1st appearance of Hellfire, descendant of the Phantom Rider

1st appearance of Yo-Yo Rodriguez aka Slingshot

Cover art inspired by Avengers #16

Spider-Verse #1

Walmart ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Spider-Verse #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Spider-Zero

Variant cover art by Todd Nauck, distributed in 3-packs, exclusive to Walmart

Batman Giant (Walmart) #4

DC ⋅ 2018

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Batman Giant (Walmart) #4
 
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1st appearance of Jinny Hex, great-great-great granddaughter of Jonah Hex

Amazing Spider-Man #55

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Amazing Spider-Man #55
 
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Cover art by Patrick Gleason

Icon #1

Milestone ⋅ 1993

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Icon #1
 
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1st appearance of Icon, an alien who crash-landed on earth and took the form of a black child

1st appearance of Rocket, the first teen mother depicted in DC Comics

First preview of Static, a 3-page sneak peek

Avengers #40
Non-Key

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Avengers #40
 
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Variant cover art by Joshua Cassara

Stormbreakers artist special, one per store

A-Force #1

Marvel ⋅ 2015

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A-Force #1
 
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1st cameo appearance of Singularity

1st unofficial team appearance of A-Force, team officially named in A-Force #4

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night #2

Variant ⋅ Behemoth ⋅ 2020

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night #2
 
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Variant cover art by Niko Walker, limited edition

Wolverine #8

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Wolverine #8
 
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Variant Black Light cover art by Clayton Crain

Cover art inspired by Incredible Hulk #340 (1988)

Avengers, The #52

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Avengers, The #52
 
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Black Panther joins the Avengers - in Avengers #51, Captain America recommends Black Panther for membership but it is not official until this issue

1st appearance of the Grim Reaper, brother of Wonder Man

[February 2023 - rumored to appear in the Wonder Man Disney+ series with actor Demetrius Grosse to potentially be cast in the role]

Jinny Hex Special #1

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Jinny Hex Special #1
 
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Variant cover art by Nick Derington

Wonder Woman #7

DC ⋅ 1987

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Wonder Woman #7
 
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1st appearance of Barbara Ann Minerva, becomes Cheetah in issue #9

1st appearance of Epione, an Amazon

Wonder Woman #9

DC ⋅ 1987

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Wonder Woman #9
 
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1st appearance and origin of Barbara Minerva as the third Cheetah

Star Wars Insider #199

Previews Exclusive ⋅ Titan ⋅ 2020

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Star Wars Insider #199
 
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Comic shop exclusive cover featuring characters from The High Republic

Part one of 'Starlight,' a Star Wars Insider exclusive story by Charles Soule, a prequel to his novel set during The High Republic

Department of Truth #1

Image ⋅ 2020

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Department of Truth #1
 
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After a man discovers that every conspiracy theory that he'd ever studied was true, he sets out to infiltrate the organization that has been been keeping them covered up - the Department of Truth

🚨 November 2020 - Key Collector Comics Exclusive News: a high-dollar bidding war has ended for the ultra-relevant conspiracy theory series that is attracting A-Level talent for a movie

[February 19, 2021 - The Hollywood Reporter confirms our report from November that Department of Truth has been optioned, secured by Elisabeth Murdoch in a competitive bidding war]

Star Wars #7

NYCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Star Wars #7
 
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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher, limited to 4,000 copies

New York Comic Con 2019 Metaverse exclusive

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5

Marvel ⋅ 2001

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Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #5
 
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1st appearance of Ultimate Nick Fury

Any difference in Nick Fury's appearance or demeanor are not apparent in this issue similar to the Ultimate Fantastic Four's appearance in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #9

Marvel seems to have committed to the depiction of Nick Fury as a younger, black, James Bond type operative in Ultimate X-Men #9

It wasn't until Ultimates #2 when Fury was unmistakably imagined as Samuel L. Jackson, published 6 years prior to Jackson's MCU debut in Iron Man (2008)

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #3

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #3
 
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Doctor Aphra's full name revealed to be Chelli Lona Aphra

1st appearance of Magna Tolvan, a female officer in the Imperial military who later becomes intimate with Aphra

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